fang
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Once the swelling subsided, the spider's fang marks could be seen as well as the toxin making his way through his foot.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023
Those are definitely not the hybrids, despite “the fur and fang and fury” that Moreno-Garcia unleashes as justice claws its way through the book’s final pages.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022
They also took screenshots of products offered for sale on Facebook, from elephant ivory bracelets and rings trimmed in 14-karat gold to intricate happy buddha ivory carvings, whole rhino horns, and tiger fang pendants.
From National Geographic • Dec. 18, 2020
Noting that fear can make you do “stupid things,” he recalled that while he was killing rattlesnakes on his property recently, one struck him and hooked a fang on his pant leg.
From Scientific American • May 9, 2020
“There’s a whole army of us camped down in the church. When I tell Cluny how you treated me, ho ho, just wait, that’s all. We’ll be back, by the fang we will.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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